She watched him catalogue the scary things, the interesting things and the puzzling things. At least the kid was quick. Something she had to thank the Goddess for. "The spirits are literally the force that exists in everything. Tree, the wind, water, you or I, there's a spirit within us. It's ki, chi, energy, spark, whatever you'd like to call it. You've got two around you right now, helping you. Your water spirit, that thing you heard moan earlier inside you? It's helping you heal faster. The wind spirit? Helps you understand things you normally might not. Gives you insight. Carries messages. How else do you understand me in any of my forms?" She posed him the question, stretching out flat on her back and looking up at the sky.

Her gold eyes looked at him, watching him ashe absorbed the things she'd just told him. And determined that she'd make sure that he learned everything she knew.

"I will let you undress me, but I warn you, I have thorns like any rose. You could hurt me with your bare hands. You could hurt me using the sharp edge of what you say. I'm lost to you now. There's no amount of reason to save me."

"Don't you get it, dear? You're not the only one who runs on instincts, no I've got instincts of my own... You want the tools to try and contain me, you won't deny you haven't tamed me, and I'm wild. What is it you adore? Won't you tell me, what would you cry for? Swallow your pride for? What would you go wild for?"

"So you found you missed the love you threw away? Baby, but you found it out too late. And so you know the way it feels to cry, the way that I cried when you broke my world in two. Baby, I learned the way to break a heart. I learned from the best. I learned from you. I remember cold nights, tears I thought would never dry, how you shattered my world with your goodbye."

"My immaculate dream made of breath and skin. I've been waiting for you...Can't help but keep from falling apart at the seams. Cannot believe you're taking my heart to pieces. Oh, it might take a little time, might take a little crime to come undone. Now, we'll try to stay blind to the hope and fear outside. Hey child, stay wilder than the wind... Who do you need, who do you love when you come undone?"

"I stare at the girl in the mirror. T-shirt, torn up jeans, no beauty queen. But the way that you see me, you get underneath me, and all my defenses just fall away, fall away. I am beautiful with you, even in the darkest part of me. I am beautiful with you, make me feel the way it's supposed to be. You're here with me. You show me this, and I believe. I am beautiful with you...I've been the strong for so long, but I was wrong. Does it make me weak if I needed someone? I've been holding back. Now, I know what I want."

"Even here before you, naked in your eyes. Hoping with each kiss, you'll never see through my disguise. I had been made to believe that no one could love me for me. The good and the bad, first to the last, no matter the cost, no matter the past. Your eyes only see what they wanna see. Your heart makes the truth what you want to believe. Passion turns pain into ecstacy. You can't walk away from love. Loving you more than I do myself. Revealing the things I would never tell. Daring to risk even life itself. You can't walk away from love."

"Lying here with you so close to me, it's hard to fight these feelings when it feels so hard to breathe. I'm caught up in this moment, caught up in your smile. Never opened up to anyone. So hard to hold back when I'm holding you in my arms. We don't need to rush this, let's just take it slow. Just a kiss on your lips in the moonlight. Just a touch of the fire burning so bright. I don't wanna mess thing up. I don't wanna push too far. Just a shot in the dark that you just might be the one I've been waiting for my whole life. So, baby, I'm all right with just a kiss goodnight."